The Saginaw Spirit will be picking 18th overall in this year's CHL Import Draft, after acquiring the Guelph Storm's first-round pick Thursday afternoon.

In exchange, the Spirit gave up their first-round pick in the 2013 Import Draft, an 11th-round pick in the 2012 OHL Draft, and a fourth-round pick in 2013.

OHL teams are allowed to carry two import players. The Spirit currently have one import spot open after goaltender Tadeas Galansky was placed on waivers in January. Forward Vadim Khlopotov is the team's other import.

Spirit General Manager Jim Paliafito indicated in a conversation Wednesday that he has a player in mind for the import draft pick.

"I've got something going there that I'm really excited about," Paliafito said of the Spirit's open import slot.